Frontier Myanmar | January 18, 2018 The government runs the risk of ceding so much control to the Tatmadaw that it simply becomes irrelevant to the peace process. THE NEXT 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference is supposed to [...]
Mizzima | January 18, 2018 Police have filed charges under the Section 17 (1) of the Unlawful Association Law against Dr. Aye Maung and writer Wai Hin Aung, who gave a talk to mark the 233rd anniversary of the [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 17, 2018 At least seven people were killed and 12 injured in Rakhine State’s Mrauk-U Township when police cracked down on a gathering Tuesday to protest authorities’ decision to block a ceremony [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | January 15, 2018 Battles continue unabated between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese Army in southern and western Kachin state, and northern Shan state in the past week. In southern Kachin state, a Burmese army’s [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) / BNI Online | January 16, 2018 After its central committee meeting, the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army – North (SSPP/SSA-N) released a statement that the Tatmadaw has launched over 500 military [...]
Network Media Group (NMG) / BNI Online | January 15, 2018 Despite signing the nationwide ceasefire agreement, the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army – South (RCSS/SSA-S) has clashed four times with the Tatmadaw within this month, according [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | January 16, 2018 Simultaneously shortly after the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA)-signatory Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) doled out a statement to postpone the 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), scheduled to start [...]
Network Media Group (NMG) / BNI Online | January 15, 2018 Three Kachin political parties will merge in the Kachin State, according to a statement released by the Kachin Political Parties Coordination Committee (KPCC). The Kachin Democratic Party (KDP), [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | January 11, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Karen National Union agrees with the position of its armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army, that the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference should [...]
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | January 12, 2018 During the celebrations of last week’s 70th National Independence Day, the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) said the crisis in Rakhine State has become the government’s most immediate [...]